Damn I CAN'T give up the spike.
I would rather give up Opiates (and switch to IV benzos only) than giving up the needle....
When (it happens VERY rarely) I have no Opiate/Opioid nor Benzos around, I shoot antihistamines.
I have to shoot something ~5 to 6 times a day.
And it's been the case for 2 years and a half.....
As Ketamike said, I find it is beautiful everytime I shoot. I talk about the syringe piercing your skin, the feeling it gives, then hitting the vein, the blood flowing (I think W. Burroughs compares it to a beautiful red orchid that expands in the syringe), and shooting.
I don't know, it's almsot sexual to me.